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Species 8. EMYS CANALICULATA. tab. viii. 



Exi^ua, fusco-nigricans; capite plano, supra ferrugineo , subtus nigro ; collo supra rufo, verrucoso - echi- 

 nato, suhtus squamuloso; testa nigricante, elliplica, convexo-depressa, ad marginem externum 

 sursum revolula, in medlo dorso longitudinallter large canaliculata ; scntello dorsi antico im- 

 pari brevi, rectangulo, pectoris pentagoiio, magno ; pedihus bre\ilnis, squamis acutis, hispidis; 

 plantis, praecipue palmis subglohosis; cauda minima, vix exserla. 



M_J ESCRiPTio. Caput pyrainidale , depressum , superne squama simplici papyra- 

 cea pyramidaii , rufa , lateralitcr squamulis irregularibus , aecjue rufis obtectum , an- 

 tice coinpressuin, bi-eve, nigrum , cleclive, relijuum nigruin, squamulis reticu- 

 latum , ad angulum maxillae inferioris flavo maculatum, infra gulam non cirrlio- 

 sum ; nares miuutae, anticae, prominentes; palpebrae flavicantes; tympanum squa- 

 mulis margaritaceum; collum aeque largum ac occiput, breve, supra flavum, squamo- 

 sum vel ecliinatuin. Testa depressa, vix convexa, antice rotundato -truncata, mar- 

 gine exteriio lalcrali sursum voluto , poslice sublarga , apice subacuta ; scula dorsi 

 in junioribus brunneo-nigricantia, medio subgranulosa, in adultis obsoleta , nigro- 

 cinereo brunnescentia, medio subimpressa, in dorso medio canalis largi instar exca- 

 vata, spinalia canaliculata, quincjue , ([uorum prinium maximum , planum, liexagono- 

 trapezoideum , posllce angustius, excavatum, antice largius bisinualo-,medio sub- 

 acuminato-marginatum, secundum, terliuin et quartum rectangula, subbexagona, sub- 

 longa , medio excavata , posterius pone angustius, quintum sublieptagouo- triangu- 

 lum, anlice aculiusculum , obtuse marginatum, excavatum , poslice subconvexum , 

 largum , obliquum , lateraliter sinuoso - marginatum , lateraiia disci quinque, oblicjua, 

 supra aeq^ue concava, introrsum flexa , quorum primum maximum , triangulum sive 

 trapezoideiun , introrsum snbacule angulatum, secundum rectangulum, longum, ter- 

 tium pauiominus, subrbomboideum, poslice angustiusculuin, quartum trapezoideum, 

 subconvexum, intus angustius, marginalia dorsi viginli quinc^ue', minuta, medio im- 

 pressa, extus emarginata, subtus rufescentia, nigro striata, quoruin primum anticum 

 impar reclangulum, tenue, breve, anteriora, subsequentia et femoralia maiora subrect- 

 anguia, planiuscula, media miniina, coarctata margine sursum subreflexo , posteriora 

 minuta svibconcava , posticum geminum subgibbosuin, postice subpatens, subtus conca- 

 vum. Pectus laeve, ovatum , pianum, testae adpressum, nigricans, rufo-marginatum, 

 longitudine fere testae, antice rotundato - truncatum , largiusculum , postice angustius, 

 obtvise bifui'catum; bracteae tredecim, quaruin prima impar pentagona, apice larga, 

 rectanguia, postice acuminata, laterales trigonae intus acutae, subsequentes trapezoi- 



